Hat-pin guard.



J. J. VALLIER.

HAT PIN GUARD. APPLICATION IILED MAY 10, 1911.

1,020,784. Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA PL'ANOORAPH c0., WASHINGTON. u, C.

JOHN JAY VALLIER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. HAT-PIN GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 16, 1911.

1,020,784. Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

Serial No. 627,407.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. VALLIER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State with a suitablegripping device such as a end of the catch extendlQ; the upper end ofthis catch is provided of Illinois, have lnvented a new and Imthroughanother slot 12 contained in the proved Hat-Pin Guard, of which thefolupper portion of the body member 1. At an lowing is a full, clear,and exact description. approximately central portion of the wall or 1 yinvention relates generally to devices partition 7 a suitable openrn 131s p1 ovided 'or cooperation with the pointed end of a through which thepin 14 is adapted to hatpin whereby when the pin is in use the pass, thelower bent portion of the catch 9 pointed end which projects through theside being also provided with an opening 15 of the hat may be guarded.which is adapted to register with the open- My device comprisesgenerally an exing 13 when the catch is moved back into the tended bodyportion having means at one position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3.end thereof for holding a suitable ornament, In order to place the guardon the end of the interior of the body portion being prothe hatpin thering 11 at the end of the catch vided with a spring catch adapted to ena e 9 is pressed back until the openings 13 and the pin between twopoints of support car- 15 register, when the pin may be inserted rled bythe uard whereby the uard may through the opening in the end member 2 besecurely held in position. and through the openings 13 and 15 untileference is to be had to the accompanythe pointed end is brought intoposition ing drawings forming a part of this speciwithin the opening 6in the soft plate 5 when fication, in which like characters of referthecatch may be released; the normal posience denote corresponding parts inall the tion of the catch is as shown in full lines views, and inwhichin Fig. 3, which position the catch will as- Figure l is alongitudinal sectional view sume when pressure thereon is released, dueof the guard; Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical to the resiliency of themetal. With the sectional view thereof on the line 2-2 of catch inoperative position it is to be noted Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlargedsectional view that opposite edge portions of the opening showing thedetails of the spring catch. 15 come into contact with opposite portionshe guard comprises an extended body of the body of the pin whereby thesame is member 1 of any suitable shape or design prevented fromwithdrawal, the pin, howhaving its opposite ends 2, 3, closed bysuitever, being supported on opposite sides of able members, one ofthese members, such as this catch at the ends of the body member. 2,being provided with an opening extended In order to remove the guardfrom the pin therethrough, the outer end of the opening it is necessaryonly to move the catch 9 into having a flaringmouthet whereby thepointed the dotted line position in Fig. 3 when the end of the pin maybe guided within the guard may be easily separated from the pin.opening. To the inner portion of the op- It is obvious that many changesmay be 5 posite end member 3 a suitable plate 5 of made in the shape anddesign of my guard soft material having an opening 6 at its and any sortof ornament may be placed on central portion is suitably positionedwherethe outer end thereof as desired, or, in fact, by the pointed endof the pin may be held in this ornament may be omitted altogetherposition within the body member. without departing from the spirit ofthe in- As shown particularly in Fig. 1 the pin is vention as set forthin the following claim. in. engagement with the body member at theHaving thus described my invention, I opposite ends thereof and in orderto seclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letcure the guard on the pinI provide a suitters Patent: able spring catch which engages the pin be-A hat pin guard comprising an extended tween these end members.Extending transbody member having a slot in the side wall versely of thebody member 1 is a partition thereof and having one end closed, the saidor wall 7 of any suitable material or conclosed end being provided withan opening struction having a slotted upper portion 8, adapted toreceive the pointed end of a hat a spring catch 9 of the shape shown inFig. pin, the other end of the body member hav- 11o ing an openingextending tl'rerethrough into having its lower end secured to thepartiwhich the said pin is adapted to be inserted,

tion or wall 7 by any means such as a rivet ate the ends of the bodymember and having ail,

HN J AY VALLIER.

a transversely extending member intermedian opening through which thepin is adapted to pass, the upper portion of the said member beingprovided with an opening, a resilient catch having one end thereofsecured to the body member on the inner side thereof and adjacent thesaid transversely extending member, the opposite end of the catch beingoffset and extending through the opening in the upper portion of thesaid transversely extending member and exteriorly through the said slotin the said body Vitnesses DANIEL W. RODERICK, SAMUEL J. CUNNINGHAM.

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